NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Cosmos 2572

Launch Time
Sat Nov 25, 2023 20:58 UTC

Payload identity and Cosmos series number uncertain.

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b
Image Credit: Roscosmos
VKS RF
Status: Active
Price: $20.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 4,550 kN
Payload to LEO: 8,020 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 44.08 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.11 m
Fairing Height: 8.36 m

Mission Details

Razdan 1

The Razdan satellite is reportedly a new electro-optical reconnaissance satellite designed as a successor to the Persona (Kvarts) satellites.

Reportedly Razdan will feature a significant improvement over the capabilities of its predecessors, including a new high-speed secure radio channel.

Razdan features a LOMO-built optical system. The third satellite will be the first to carry a new 2 meter mirror optics that will be built by the Zverev factory in Krasnogorsk.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 7,000.0 kg
Polar Orbit

Location

Site 43/4, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

2023

191st orbital launch attempt

Soyuz 2.1b

85th mission
5th mission of 2023
82nd successful mission
49th consecutive successful mission